Last week, while the case was going to the jury, the USPTO issued an advisory action which invalidated the '915 pinch-to-zoom patent. Samsung quickly filed for an emergency hearing to stay the trial since the patent is involved in the suit. Samsung says that Apple has only one last place to appeal the decision although the Cupertino based tech giant actually has a few options left open to reverse the USPTO's decision, according to the Judge.

"As discussed above, Apple won a jury verdict in August 2012 in which a jury found that Samsung had infringed, among other things, various Apple patents and that Apple's patents were valid. Yet one year and three months later, due to the necessity of a retrial, Apple still has received no damages award as compensation. Further delay of relief due to a stay of this entire case pending a final decision on the '915 patent would thus substantially prejudice Apple. Samsung's arguments to the contrary are unconvincing."-Judge Lucy Koh

Judge Koh, in rejecting Samsung's request for a stay of the trial, says that Apple could still file a second response to the USPTO's Final Office Action. If that fails, Apple can still go to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. And if that doesn't give Apple what it wants, it can appeal a PTAB decision in Federal Court.

The Judge finds Samsung's arguments "unconvincing" and says the best course of action is to hand down a final decision in District Court and let Samsung appeal the decision in Federal Court.

That infographic is heavily biased, it doesn't have the Samsung F700, which they showed off in 2006 (before the iPhone) and applied for a design patent (however rejected because HTC had a similar looking phone).

E-mail between Samsung execs : Dude f*!k it, we're copying this phone. We have a design crisis our junk looks like crap and this phone easily trumps the competition. Lets fire this up we'll pay for the damages after we make a name for ourselves...

My reasoning is always sound with facts and statistics to back them up. Whenever I trash Apple there is evidence to back up my statements. He just shows an Apple fanboys bias perspective and parades them as facts. Huge difference.

You are pretty bad too at conveniently overlooking ifans being unreasonable.

APPLE leave Sammy alone and innovate, Samsung is not your problem but still living on the past glories of Steve Jobs. Many companies once looked up to you to draw inspiration but that's not the case again. Why is it only in USA that Samsung are guilty of your divine claims? Leave Sammy alone.

Samsung should be filing a motion to have Judge Koh removed from presiding over this trial and over the upcoming trial. She has shown herself to be incompetent at best. She did not do her diligence in making sure all jury members met the requirements to serve, making the foreman biased against one side. She limited both plaintiff and defendant's case presentation and witness examination time. She has been ridiculous all around. It's a billion dollar lawsuit, well now with jury decision multi-million. There is no reason or excuse for the actions she has taken. Both parties should actually be requesting her dismissal as presiding judge. Apple has had over half a billion vacated because of her actions.

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